
31/07/2025
A personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) identified as Blessing Akpan was stabbed to death by unknown assailants in Abuja.
It was learnt that Blessing was stabbed in front of her residence in Piawe, Bwari, in the early hours of last week Tuesday.
She was confirmed dead at Bwari General Hospital by the medical personnel on duty.
Blessing’s friends, who spoke to Daily Trust on Monday, July 28, said the deceased was rushed to different hospitals after the attack but she was allegedly denied immediate treatment because of the absence of a police report.
One of the friends, who did not want her name in print mentioned, said the NSCDC officer lost her life because she had lost so much blood before she was attended to at a Hospital where she was later confirmed dead.
“It is painful that we lost officer Blessing as she was fondly called due to a weaken and uncoordinated system,” she said, adding “someone was dying and you insisted there there must be a police report before she was attended to.
“Honestly, this is very sad to say the least. Besides, she’s also a security personnel. We showed them her office identity card, they still didn’t attend to her, hence the reason we were taking her from one place to another until she died.”
When asked how she was stabbed, another friend explained that “she was on her way somewhere and some persons wanted to rob her of her belongings. I guess they had to stab her to have their way.”